Twenty Years Throughout the Tears--In Memory of

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Mr. GARBARINO. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record a poetic tribute in memory of the heroes and innocents lost on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 at The World Trade Center penned by Albert Carey Caswell. Twenty Years Throughout The Tears (by Albert Carey Caswell) Twenty years throughout the tears It was twenty years ago this day, what happened here upon our hearts which weighs All in our tears which flow each day All in what our prayers have come to say As we stop to ponder all the pain and woe it's made The kind which only seems to grow only Heaven can allay

When, we reunite with our loved ones one fine day As on this day that we stop to remember, what all happened here on the darkest of September's When, we lost all of our loved ones as Towers fell down below Watching all of those scenes from hell we'd come to know As their most courageous hearts to new heights so rose What seems like just yesterday, still remains 20 years later all in our pain and woe

As we teach our children well about all of those Those innocents and heroes of 9/11 who up to heaven rose

The Men and Women up in the Towers The magnificent Fire Fighters and Police who chose to fight in the darkest of hours

As it been twenty years of heartbreak and tears for all of us and our's When, all of our loved ones went away On bended knee throughout the years oh how for them we've prayed,

wishing but to with them one more day When, something or song reminds us of them as the tears come our way

As we give thanks and praise to all of those heroes for what they gave Against such evil wrought on that day God bless those Heroes At Ground Zero heroically fought and stayed Teaching us all about faith and glory, teaching us all about their courage and selflessness as was their story When, from out of all this pain and heartache came such Gotham Glory As we watched Fire Fighters and Police, running up the towers towards sure death in disbelief To save precious lives all because of their selfless belief Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, Brothers, Parents and Grandparents and friends, we so loved in our hearts until the end Watching all those innocents and heroes dying right before our eyes crying And for all those children who had to grow up without moms or dads, and lost the best friends they'll ever have Not to watch them grow up to be everything they hoped to be No one to read them stories at night to sleep No one to explain or nurture them of the meaning of life so very deep Or on Christmas or Hanukkah to share their love all in such joy so sweet

Or High School graduations, or walk them down the aisle on wedding days in hearts to keep Witnessing with them the miracle of birth As a new generation comes into this world to ponder their true worth And then now all the ones who are dying from that second wave All because they chose to stay who dug in deep day after day To find all of those precious bodies which lie beneath to place in a grave To have a place to be with them and pray When, all across our Nation came a call to arms As all our fearless men and women of the Armed Forces ventured out into harm

Who gave their precious arms and legs, and their lives in That Full Measure they so gave For heaven so holds a place, for all such selflessness souls of the human race.

And Hush little baby don't you cry, one day up in heaven you will look into your Mother or Fathers eyes

Your parents have become Angels in The Army of Our Lord realize And when you lay your heads down to rest, they watch over you each night as you rest And when you wake you can feel their Angel's breath So have a good life for them and this our world you will bless

Sadly, time does not heal all only up in heaven when we hear our loved ones voices call

As twenty years have flown on by, as we keep asking that question why? Knowing in our hearts it's the battle of GOOD vrs EVIL therein lies As we watched the new towers up towards the heavens rise To build this great memorial of water falls and reflecting pools Etched upon it all their great names with hearts of love and courage full To build upon the exact footprint of the towers we fought for this sacred jewel So we would NEVER FORGET what happened, on that day when hearts over evil ruled, For a hallowed place to take all our children by the hand, to teach them well all about and make them understand

All their precious souls so very bright Goodness . . . Evil. . . Darkness . . . Light Those brave hearts whose evil must fight Who bring the light As we remember that day when they taught us, The Darkness is no match for The Light

And standing here this day, we can but not help to feel all of their precious souls telling us to pray For Mankind each day, and NEVER FORGET WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY And to give thanks, and remember what the gift of hope to world and America gave And to try to live a life of courage, faith, hope, and love as they By the grace of God we will join them up in heaven one fine day

As long as we carry them in our hearts they're not gone As long as we remember them in our thoughts and prayers they live on Even twenty years later on this morn God Rest Their Souls, and may we try to live lives as caring and selfless as all of those

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